As David Weidner writes today: “If you want to know how the financial crisis is still wreaking havoc in America, how the government is picking winners and losers, and how the big banks have actually benefited from their own mistakes, you simply need to go to the heartland.” For the rest of the story, go […]
Eric Woolson, owner of The Concept Works, Inc., will be interviewed today on Canada’s #1 television in his role as Iowa campaign manager for Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. Woolson will appear on a five-minute segment with host Rudyard Griffiths on the network’s flagship program, “National Affairs”. CTV is Canada’s largest private broadcaster, and reaches […]
ANKENY, Iowa – State and local officials, including Gov. Terry Branstad, joined Accumold’s executives and employees as the high-tech plastic parts manufacturer today opened its $7 million, 44,000-square-foot expansion that adds 43 employees to its workforce. “Accumold is a home-grown Iowa success story. I’m proud of the role that the State of Iowa has played […]
ZIONSVILLE, Ind. – While praising the community for “many years of incredible support,” the owner of B. Wright Limited said today the local retail will sell its entire line of men’s apparel in a sale that will begin next Wednesday. “I can’t say enough about how well Zionsville has treated us. We couldn’t have been […]
MARION, Ill. – Sabrina Yearack, owner of the Wells Big & Tall Store, might be thinking of that old Kenny Rogers song “The Gambler” as she announced today that she will close the store her family founded in 1966. Yearack, who persuaded her father to move exclusively to big and tall clothing in 1990, has […]
By Jennifer Jacobs Iowa Republican political operative Eric Woolson has been hired to lead communications for presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s Iowa campaign. In a statement, the Minnesota congresswoman said: “Eric Woolson is well-known not only by Iowa reporters and party activists but he has also earned a reputation among the national media as someone who […]
Bachmann Hires Iowa Campaign Veteran Eric Woolson to Communications Team in Iowa Urbandale, Iowa – Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann announced today that her team has retained Iowa campaign veteran Eric Woolson to lead its communications efforts in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. “Eric Woolson is well-known not only by Iowa reporters and party activists but […]
BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Citing the prolonged weak economy and changing consumer trends, the owner of Laughlin’s Menswear said today that he will close the store he has owned for 27 years and sell its entire inventory with a quitting-business sale that begins next week. “I almost did it a year ago but decided to hang […]
EL PASO – Citing the prolonged weak economy and changing consumer trends, Big & Tall Men’s Shop owner David Schecter said today that he will close his store and sell its entire inventory with a quitting-business sale that begins next week. “It’s a really tough decision but it was one that had to be made,” […]
LUDINGTON, Mich. – Raven’s Men’s Women’s and Shoes, a local retail mainstay for more than two decades, is quitting business and will sell its entire inventory, owner Chris Raven said today. “It’s such an emotional decision, it really is, but I know in my heart that it’s the right decision for my family,” he said. […]
